Syrian President Bashar Hafez al-Assad speaks to Syrian diplomats, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. President al-Assad blasted the West, rejecting any security cooperation or reopening of embassies in Damascus before those countries cut relations with opposition groups. In the speech, President al-Assad praised Russia, Iran, China and Lebanon’s Hezbollah for supporting his government.

Head of the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic to Geneva, Bashar al-Jaafari, said the key achievement that has been reached during the fourth round of the Syrian talks in the Swiss city is the agreement on an agenda of four main points.

Speaking in a press conference on Saturday after the fourth round of the Syrian-Syrian dialogue in Geneva wrapped up, al-Jaafari said the fourth point, which is that of terrorism, was added to the three other points of governance, the constitution and the elections.

To name it, was included [in the agenda] upon our request, and it has gained the support of all the participant parties with the exception of the so-called ‘Riyadh delegation’ group.”

Al-Jaafari criticized the “Riyadh opposition” group, saying it is “clowning around” with its statements, which makes it look politically immature……………..

Media sources said that Turkey has cut off the Euphrates River flow to Northern Syria, forcing the Tishrin dam and its hydropower plant in Eastern Aleppo to stop operation .

Jahineh news reported that Turkey has closed off the flow of water in the Euphrates River that runs from its Southern territories to Northern Syria.

The Euphrates River is the main source of water reservoir behind the Tishrin Dam, and The news website said the shortage of water in the Dam has stopped its Hydropower plant’s power generation for Aleppo city.

Jahineh added that water in Assad Lake and behind the Tishrin Dam is at its lowest level and insufficient for pumping into the turbines of the Tishrin hydropower plant…………………………

The Turkish security forces are training some Syrians as part of a force to take action in the areas which they occupy in northern Syria.

According to the ‘Yeni Shafak’ newspaper, translated by the Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar, 450 Syrians undergo a training by the Turkish armed forces to be deployed into the main Syrian-occupied Turkish cities.

It should function as a guarantee for the security of the area.

“Turkey wants to train up to 5,000 police officers as part of this project,” added the paper, with a video of training during which the trained fighters chant slogans, including: “Allahou- Akbar against all oppressors! Long live Turkey! Long live Erdogan! Long live free and worthy Syria!”………………….

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani underlined that the UN Security Council’s resolution to deploy UN observers to Aleppo to monitor evacuations is useless and ignores dispatch of humanitarian aid to people who are besieged by the terrorists.

“Approval of the UNSC’s Resolution 2328 last night was a move to continue the past destructive measures and paves the ground for the intelligence and military agents of the countries which support terrorism to enter Aleppo in disguise as observers,” Shamkhani told reporters in Tehran on Tuesday.

“In this resolution, no role has been foreseen for the legal Syrian government and only the issue of safe evacuation of militants from Aleppo has been paid attention instead of prioritizing the issue of aiding the people who are under the terrorists’ siege in Syria,” he added…..

And there it is! Aleppo has been liberated! Let me say it again: Aleppo, Syria’s second city, soon-to-be-restored economic hub and one of the oldest most continuously inhabited cities on Earth, is free! The Syrian Arab Republic, its Resistance Axis allies and Vladimir Putin’s Russia pulled it off!

Whose tears are sweeter and more copious right now?
The happy tears of Aleppo’s people, whose city is reunified and free of terrorism for the first time in five years?
Or the wailing, overwhelmed, defeated, suicidally depressed tears of Syria’s enemies in the usurping Zionist entity, the American ZOG, the British ZOG, the French ZOG, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and Neo-Ottoman Turkey, who armed, financed and backed the Takfiri ‘Goy’ Golem to the teeth only to watch it get epically crushed?

It’s truly hard to tell and I must say, such a mystery is glorious! Told y’all that something miraculous was going down in Halab and the Syrian Arab Army alongside its steadfast comrades have made that miracle a tangible reality and a soaring, HISTORIC triumph!

Syria’s defenders began the day with a bang, blasting through Takfiri terrorist defense lines and freeing a whopping 8 districts.
These recaptured regions included:
– Jouret Awwad,
– Karm al-Qaterji,
– Turbat Lala,
– Al-Marjeh,
– Sheikh Lutfi,
– Karz Dada,
– Karm al-Maysar
– and the big one, Al-Shaar, which was the “moderate” head-choppers’ most fortified piece of territory and their most strategic position in all of eastern Aleppo other than the Old City….>>>…

The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces said the supporters of international terrorism are trying to secure safe routes and corridors for the ISIS terrorists who are fleeing Iraq’s Mosul to cross into Syria.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Command said a “malicious scheme” by the backers of international terrorism, mainly the US and Saudi Arabia, is unfolding and becoming clear after military operations were launched by the brotherly Iraqi army and its supporting forces to liberate Mosul city from the gangs of ISIS terrorist organization.

The scheme, the statement explained, is to provide safe routes for the groupings of ISIS terrorists who are reeling under the Iraqi army’s strikes in Mosul-Iraq’s second largest city-to cross the border into the Syrian territory… … …

One of the greatest lies of the entire conspiracy against the Syrian Arab Republic, if not the single most ubiquitous and oft-repeated lie of all, is that the Syrian Arab Army is a predominantly Alawi force and that it really operates more like a “sectarian militia” or a “gang of shabiha” than a national military.

And whilst anyone who considers himself or herself pro-Syria has debunked this falsehood with such repetition that it has become a central talking point for putting sleeping lemmings through the class of “Understanding The Conspiracy Against Syria 101”, we nevertheless continue to say it over and over again that the SAA is not sectarian, nor is it minoritarian.

The SAA is in fact mostly Sunni, as Syria itself is mostly Sunni, as well as multi-communal, with all types of Syrians from all walks of life comprising the lower and upper ranks of the righteous institution, as Syria is the most pluralistic country in our region.

This truth shines particularly bright in the wake of the massacre that the American regime committed against Syrian soldiers in Deir Ezzor. There were Sunnis, Shi’a, Alawis, Druze and Christians among those martyred and wounded, and their origins can be traced back to every corner of Syria, from the smallest villages to the grandiose lights of the provincial capitals.

The US has deployed its special forces in at least 7 bases in Northern Syria which are located in Qamishli, Ain Issa, Kobane, Hasaka and Tal Abyadh regions.

The Pentagon admitted last week that it has stationed its forces in Northern Syria but didn’t reveal any details.

Based on information obtained from media outlets and field sources, the 7 bases in which the US forces are deployed are:

1.The US forces are seeking to turn Rmeilan airfield in Syria’s Northern province of Hasakah into their new operations room and build helipads in there.
2. Mabrouka village in the Western parts of Qamishli where at least 45 US special army forces have been deployed.
3. The French Lafarge cement factory, which is located between Kobane and the town of Ain Issa in Jalabiya in Northeastern Syria. Informed sources have reported that the US has increased the number of forces deployed in the region, adding that another base is being built for training the militants and helicopter landing.
4. Ain Issa base near a town in Northern Syria, which is hosting over 100 US forces.
5. Kobane base in Northern Syria in which more than 300 US special forces have been deployed.
6. Tel Byder base in Hasaka province and in the Western parts of Qamishli which is equipped with helipad for military helicopters. The US trains militants in this base.
7. Tal Abyadh base which has been the scene of most US forces’ moves in Syria. At least 200 US special forces, equipped with armored vehicles, have been deployed in the region and the US flags have been hoisted above certain government buildings in the area.

No official report has been released yet about the exact number of the US forces and weapons transferred to the abovementioned bases but field sources……..

The Yemeni army, backed by popular forces, took control of several military bases in Saudi Arabia’s Asir province.
(ENG) ~ The military bases which are located in the Western part of al-Rabou’a city were taken after intense clashes between the Yemeni and Saudi forces.
The images released after the operation showed the Saudi military men leaving their armored vehicles and fleeing the battlefield.

Millions of Yemenis took to Sanaa streets on Saturday in a historical rally to voice support to the Supreme Political Council, which was recently formed to run the country in the face of US-led aggression against the Arab impoverished country.

Millions chanted for Yemen, waving the national flags as they flocked the main square of al-Sabi’in in a bid to back the political body which was formed after the UN-brokered peace talks broke down earlier last month.

The Head of the Supreme Political Council, Saleh al-Sammad, saluted the crowds stressing that their number was equal to population of four Gulf states which have been taking part in the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen since March 2015.

“It is a shame to conspire against our people who represent the cradle of civilization in this region,” Sammad addressed the Saudi-led coalition states as saying.

The formation of the Supreme Political Council prompted Yemen’s parliament to hold its first session earlier this month since the outbreak of the conflict. The lawmakers endorsed the new council and formally stripped Hadi of any responsibility.

The decision to establish the council was made by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s General People’s Congress party back in late July. It was formally launched on August 6, when the Houthis and Saleh’s faction announced that they both had an equal share in the 10-member body.

Full speech (English translation) delivered by Hizbullah Secretary General, His Eminence Sayyed Nasrallah, during the festival held to honor late Resistance Leader Ismail Ahmad al-Zahri in Nabatieh al-Fawqa on Friday July 29, 2016.
(also Video Excerpts with English subtitles and Full Video in Arabic)
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Sayyed Nasrallah: “What happened in Aleppo is of very high importance. Its importance is not only tied to the Syrian crisis, but also to the regional situation, to regional equations, and to regional projects, and to the dreams of a regional empire. What was downed a few days ago in Aleppo was the dreams and projects of (forming) a regional empire. (It was downed) by the steadfastness of the resistance movements, and the steadfastness of these nations, and by the increase of awareness. Awareness in the region and the world.
Does this (Saudi) minister and his rulers, kings, and princes, think that they can keep fooling world nations and world public opinion? Isn’t the world beginning to clearly uncover that the one who slaughters an 80-year-old priest in a church, that although he is a product of Daesh (“ISIS”), yet his culture comes from you? (Or) the one who attacks in Nice and butchers people; and the one who kills in Germany and does not care who he is killing, whether Muslim or Christian, so long as he is killing people; and the one who blows himself in a protest that is calling for electricity in Kabul, (a protest) has nothing to do with politics, killing 80 martyrs, and leaving 250 injured; or the one who commits a crime as grave as the crime of Karrada in Baghdad – 300 martyrs in one instance, men, women, young and old, (all) burnt (alive); or the one who slaughters the Palestinian child in Aleppo; the whole world now knows that this is your Wahhabi culture, and that these are (products of) your schools, and that these are (products of) your educational curriculums, and (products of) your sheikhs, your media, and your television channels, all of which do Takfiri (label others as infidels and kill them)!
Your project does not have a future”.

Hundreds of family members of the Saudi soldiers and officers fighting in Yemen war gathered in front of al-Yamama palace in Riyadh to call for returning their beloved ones from unjustified aggression.

According to the Yemeni Press news website, hundreds of Saudi people called for ending the country’s war against Yemen.

Eye-witnesses and foreign journalists reported that the protesters gathered in front of al-Yamama palace and asked for the return of their sons from Yemen battlefields.

At the same time, the Saudi army is trying hard to prevent the Yemeni army and popular forces from making further advance deep into the kingdom.

The move by the Saudi army comes as the Yemeni forces have intensified their military operations against the Riyadh government troops in Jizan province of Saudi Arabia.

President Bashar al-Assad gave interview to Cuba’s official state news agency Prensa Latina in which he said the Turks, Qataris and Saudis lost most of their cards on the battlefields in Syria and that Aleppo battle is their last card, affirming that there is strong harmony between Syria and Latin America, especially Cuba, on the political and historical levels and that hard work is needed in order to invigorate the different sectors of this relation.

President al-Assad: “The Turks and their allies like the Saudis and Qataris lost most of their cards on the battlefields in Syria, so the last card for them, especially for Erdogan, is Aleppo. That is why he worked hard with the Saudis to send as much as they can of the terrorists – the estimation is more than 5,000 terrorists – to Aleppo”.

Prensa Latina journalist: “Through the Turkish borders?”

President al-Assad: “Yes, from Turkey to Aleppo, during the last two months, in order to recapture the city of Aleppo, and that didn’t work. Actually, our army has been making advancement in Aleppo and the suburbs of Aleppo in order to encircle the terrorists, then, let’s say, either to negotiate their going back to their normal life as part of reconciliation, or for the terrorists to leave the city of Aleppo, or to be defeated. There’s no other solution.
Actually, the war on Syria is a full-blown war; it is not only supporting terrorists. They support the terrorists, and at the same time they launched a political war against Syria on the international level, and the third front was the economic front, in which they dictate to their terrorists, to their surrogate mercenaries, to start destroying the infrastructure in Syria that helped the economy and the daily needs of the Syrian citizens.
At the same time, they started an embargo directly on the borders of Syria through the terrorists and abroad through the banking systems around the world. In spite of that, the Syrian people were determined to live as much normal life as they can”.

President al-Assad: “I think … [there are] … historical similarities and commonalities between our region, between Syria and Latin America. Latin America was under direct occupation for long time ago, but after that it was under the occupation of the American companies, and the American coup d’états and the American intervention”… … …

Full televised speech delivered by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on al-Quds Day on Friday July 2, 2016.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah :
“In this framework, we must highlight and assert the clear right which must be spoken of on this day -International al-Quds Day.
It must be strongly said that Palestine is from the sea to the river, and that its land is occupied, usurped, and stolen from its legitimate people and owners.

It must also be asserted that time does not change the usurped and robbed to a legitimate property for the robber and looter, and even if the entire world acknowledged that.

Thus “Israel” is a usurping, occupying, robbing, looting entity, and it had perpetrated all of that through terrorism.

It is forbidden to recognize this entity and give in to it and offer concessions to it.

It must rather be wiped from existence and the right must be fully restored to its owners”…

The Iraqi fighter jets pounded and destroyed a strategic military base of the Daesh (ISIS, ISIL, IS) terrorist group in the Western part of Anbar province.

The ISIL’s Katiba Tabouk military base in the city of Qaem in Western Anbar province was completely annihilated on Sunday after the Iraqi army received intelligence tips about the exact location of the military base.

Tens of ISIL terrorists were killed and wounded in the Iraqi fighter jets’ air raids on their military positions in Qaem city.

Meantime, the Iraqi warplanes hit hard ISIL’s concentration centers in strategic Heet region located 70 kilometers to the West of al-Ramadi city.

The ISIL’s arms and ammunition depots were also destroyed in the Iraqi airstrikes in Heet region.

Also the Iraqi army’s engineering units continued to defuse bombs and mines laid by the ISIL throughout the city of Fallujah.

A Syrian senior military expert underlined that the Syrian army’s military operations in the Eastern part of Homs province will prevent the Takfiri terrorists from escaping Iraq to Eastern Syria.

The Syrian army’s advances in Eastern Homs is taking place with the goal of cutting the terrorists supply routes in Syria and preventing them from finding a way for escape to Syria from Iraq

The Homs operations will also cut the terrorists’ supply routes in Raqqa province and open up the path for supplying the Syrian army and it allies with military hardware and equipment.

Earlier on Thursday, media reports said that the Syrian army with the support of pro-government forces repulsed terrorists’ attack on army’s defense lines in a key region in the Eastern part of Homs province.

A Yemeni missile strike hit a Saudi-led coalition military base in Asir province where Israel’s military experts are stationed.

The Khamis Mushait air base in Asir province came under Yemen’s Qaher-I ballistic missile on Tuesday.

There were no immediate report on the exact number of casualties, but eyewitnesses confirmed that the Yemeni missile precisely hit Khamis Mushait airbase.
The Yemeni missile attack came in retaliation for the Saudi airstrikes on Yemen’s civilians.

This is not the first time that Saudi Arabia is using services of the Israeli top security company.

Since 2010, the Israeli Al Majal Group has taken charge of security during the mandatory Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, or Hajj. It was under the watch of the Israeli security company that over 4,000 Muslim pilgrims were killed during last year’s Hajj following a deadly stampede in Mina, the worst in history.

Al Majal G4S is a private Israeli security contractor that has also been implicated in enabling the torture of administrative detainees in Palestine, including children.

BODY OF PROOF : footage of 5 American helicopters landing in areas controlled by the Daesh.

The Iraqi Hezbollah sources released footage of 5 American helicopters landing in areas controlled by the ISIL in al-Makhoul mountains in Salahuddin province.

The footage released by al-Etejah news channel showed 5 US helicopters which landed in the ISIL-controlled areas in al-Mashak village behind al-Makhoul mountains.

Hezbollah’s information center said that the helicopters landed in the region on April 4 after which the ISIL launched a large offensive against the Iraqi forces deployed in al-Makhoul mountains but the attack was foiled by the army.

Al-Etejah had on the same date reported that unknown helicopters had landed in the region. The Iraqi Hezbollah later revealed that the helicopters belonged to the US army.

Hezbollah has captured an American and a French spies in its operations in Aleppo, a prominent Lebanese media source revealed on Saturday, adding that the US, Israeli and Saudi intelligence agents helped Al-Nusra Front to find the place of Hezbollah’s martyred military chief, Mustafah Badreddin, and kill him in retaliation.

Two U.S. and French intelligence officers were working in the newly-founded joint operations room of Jeish al-Fatah (a coalition of several terrorist groups) in Aleppo in one of the regions controlled by al-Nusra Front in Aleppo.

The joint operations room was set up so that the French and US intelligence agents can directly command Jeish al-Fatah terrorist attacks in Aleppo and nearby regions.

The U.S. imagined that the captured spies would be taken to Lebanon and alerted Tel Aviv to bomb the convoy that was supposedly taking the captive American and French officers, but the convoy that came under the Israeli airstrike was not carrying the captured spies.

Sayyed Nasrallah indicated that “day after day facts are unveiling and confessions as well as documents are being revealed about the goals behind the battle on Syria and the role of the US and the West in it along with their regional allies and those who took advantage of the groups, funded them, facilitated their arrival to Syria, and armed them”…

Head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Public Relations Department General Ramezan Sharif announced on Wednesday that a growing number of Iranians have volunteered to be dispatched to Syria for war against terrorism.

“Today, we are facing a growing wave of demands for being sent to Syria and Iraq and many young people from different parts of Iran and different ethnicities have volunteered,” Ramezan Sharif said on Wednesday.

He also warned of the enemies’ plots to hit Iran through terrorist groups, including the ISIL and al-Qaeda, but underlined, “The Iranian Armed Forces have grown so powerful that the enemy doesn’t dare to make the slightest aggression against the country.”

“This is not a slogan; rather it is an undeniable reality,” Ramezan Sharif stressed.

Excerpts edited by ‘CanDoBetter’ ~ […] The evidence presented here is only the tip of the iceberg. No doubt that some Palestinians, like some traitorous Iraqis, Syrians and Lebanese, joined the destabilization scheme, but when we get down to the nitty gritty, like most Syrians, most of Syria’s Palestinian citizens back the Syrian Arab Republic, the only Arab nation that has given them a home, supported their righteous cause and treated them as equals.

It is shameful beyond shameful that these truths and more were not only ignored but deceptively covered up by “Palestine Solidarity Movement” activists to push a cookie-cutter propaganda line that meshed with the increasingly toothless nature of “solidarity” speak and praxis, not to mention the worldview of their Jewish and Khaleeji “colleagues”.

Notable Palestinian supporters of the Syrian Government
[…] ~ Anwar Hadi, the spokesman of the PLO…..
~ The Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), the Syrian Arab Army’s Palestinian branch….
~ Fatah al-Intifada, a Palestinian Resistance group which has been ultra-active in the ongoing fight to liberate Yarmouk. Portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah can be found all over their offices.
~ Liwa Al-Quds, the third most powerful Syrian military force after the Syrian Arab Army and the Hizbullah-trained NDF according to Al-Masdar News. Liwa Al-Quds has been a tremendously key part of the battle for the liberation of Aleppo, particularly the camps of Handarat and Nayrab

US has redeployed its special forces in Yemen to fight alongside the Saudi-backed troops in alleged campaign against al-Qaeda terrorists in the Southern parts of the war-torn country, Yemeni officials said.

An informed Yemeni official said that the troops had arrived in Yemen on April 25.

After one year of Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s financial and arms aid to the al-Qaeda and the ISIL terrorists, Abu Dhabi has called on the US to cooperate in the alleged fight against the terrorist groups, the official added.

Israeli Regime Assists Saudis in War on Yemen.

Leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said the Israeli regime is assisting the Saudi-led coalition in its war on Yemen.

He said in remarks broadcasted by Lebanese TV network Al-Manar that the Israeli regime launched its attacks against Yemen from Asab military camp in the neighboring African state of Eritrea.

Norway’s plan to deploy its special forces in Syria to train bloodthirsty mercenaries and ruthless ‘moderate terrorists’, to steal the sovereignty to the Syrian people and try to reduce Syria in the same conditions of Libya today. Mission impossible.
(SFP)

Syria denounced the statements made on Monday by the Norwegian Prime Minister on her country’s intention to send 60 special forces soldiers to train what she called “Syrian fighters” under the pretext of fighting ISIS.

such a decision constitutes a blatant and unacceptable interference in states’ affairs and a flagrant violation of sovereignty, security and stability, stressing that it cannot be justified by saying that it’s part of combating terrorism since it hasn’t been conducted in cooperation with the Syrian government.

Syria calls on the international community and the Norwegian and global public opinion to take a stand against such irresponsible decisions that have resulted in the spread of terrorism in the region and the world, with terrorism striking in the hearts of European cities while their governments’ continue to practice imbalanced policies regarding the crisis in Syria and regarding the war on terrorism.

Hamas, the shameful traitors of the Palestine and Arab cause, show once again their true face by defending the mercenaries-terrorists that are bloodying Aleppo, showing their well-paid enslavement to the Saudis tyrants and Erdogan regime.

On 1 May 2016, Hamas’s political bureau has released shameful statements, without mentioning all the terrible acts of terrorism (which we reported recently) committed in these days by terrorist gangs linked to al-Qaeda, Jabat al-Nusra Front, Hara al-Sham, the FSA and various accompanying Obama’s cannibals.

Hamas does not say that these gangs of terrorist-mercenaries (which Hamas defends) are armed by the U.S. and Israel (which we recently reported the seizure of Israeli weapons carried by Syrian security forces), and even says that these mercenaries are tied closely to Saudi Arabia, a tyrannical regime allied to the U.S. from which it receives weapons and protection internationally.

Articles regarding this topic reported on this website are countless, just search on top for “Saudi Arabia, Turkey, terrorist gangs”.

Deputy Prime Minister for Services Affairs, Local Administration Minister Omar Ghalawanji stressed the importance of unifying and coordinating efforts in relief works with the International organization for Immigration (IOM).

During his meeting with head of the IOM William Lacy Swing and the accompanying delegation, Ghalawanji added that the government is exerting great efforts to bring citizens back to their cities and towns after Syrian Arab Army restores security and stability to these areas.

Ghalawanji pointed out that about 1.7 million citizens have returned to their original areas of residence after the government repaired and restored infrastructure and public facilities in these areas, noting that the government is still overseeing more than 500 temporary housing centers and providing their occupants’ basic needs, as well as launching new projects for makeshift housing centers in Damascus Countryside and Homs, each of which contains 2,000 residence and are funded entirely by the government.

Ghalawanji talked about “My Project” program launched by the government in cooperation with the Syria Trust for Development, which aims at giving small loans to needy families to secure their needs and enhance local economies.

The people in several ISIL-controlled areas across Syria have revolted against the Takfiri terrorists after the Syrian army and their popular allies in major victory won back the ancient city of Palmyra (Tadmur) last Sunday.

The unique operations in Palmyra changed the balance of power in Syria’s battlefronts to the extent that the Syrian people in other parts of Syria have been encouraged to revolt against the ISIL and other terrorist groups.

The Syrian people now believe that their political system has not been defeated, and rather gained breakthroughs in different battlefield, diplomatic and political areas.

A US airborne operation to rescue a senior ISIL leader in Southern Zobab city in Ta’iz province failed after the Yemeni army and popular forces killed the terrorist commander, Arab media reports disclosed on Thursday.

“Abu Ayoub al-Ansari was killed by the Yemeni army and popular forces before the US helicopter could rescue take him out of the battlefield, the Arabic-language media outlest,” Alalam quoted an unnamed military source as saying on Thursday.

Meantime, another ISIL leader, Abu Hameh, was also killed by the Yemeni army.

The Yemeni army and popular forces continued their military gains against the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen, killing hundreds of them in heavy clashes over the past 48 hours.

The army and popular units killed at least 378 Saudi forces in Midi desert in the past two days.

The Saudi forces were trying to penetrate into Midi desert in the past two days, but were pushed back after sustaining heavy losses.

At least 15 military vehicles of the Saudi forces were also destroyed.

The final print edition of Britain’s “progressive”, “pro-democracy” newspaper “The Independent” has been published on March 26th, 2016.

It is worth remembering that with the launch of NATO’s genocidal wars on Libya and Syria in 2011, the long-discredited “anti-war” facade of “The Independent” had totally collapsed; despite the highly deceptive propaganda rhetoric of its gatekeeper “journalists” such as Robert Fisk.

The front pages of “The Independent” compiled below illustrate the more blatant strand of its 5-year-long virulent, appalling anti-Syria propaganda.

A team of experts including Americans are overseeing and supervising all papers and responses which the “Riyadh opposition” delegation submits to the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, according to sources in the UN.

The sources also said that the delegation’s response to the paper submitted by the Syrian Arab Republic delegation at the Syrian talks in Geneva outlining the “basic elements of a political solution” of the crisis will be under the full supervision of this team.

“Approving these principles will open a serious dialogue under Syrian leadership without foreign intervention and without preconditions,” he added.

The sources mentioned that the “Riyadh opposition” delegation has postponed a scheduled meeting with the UN envoy today so that to let the American experts look the paper through.

The Hezbollah movement in Iraq warned that the US deployment of its marines in the country is meant to help the ISIL terrorist group.

According to al-Mayadeen news channel, the Hezbollah battalions underlined that the US has sent its forces to Iraq to further assist the ISIL, stressing its resistance against Washington’s occupation of the regional states.

The US announced on Sunday it will put more troops on the ground in Iraq after a marine was killed in an ISIL rocket barrage.

The Iraqi popular forces broke the ISIL defense lines in the Northern province of Kirkuk and infiltrated into the central parts of ISIL-controlled regions.

The Iraqi forces reached the Central parts of al-Hawija city in Kirkuk and planted bombs in the region.

After the successful operations, they managed to flee the scene and deploy their forces in secure areas.

Deputy Chief Liaison of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force General Ali Arasteh said Tehran has documents that show the delivery of 75 vehicles loaded with weaponry to the ISIL terrorist group.

General Arasteh said on Wednesday some governments claim to be fighting ISIL, but at the same time supply the terrorist group with “37 vehicles and 38 trailers loaded with weapons and military equipment.”

“We have the images and the documents to substantiate and we will make them public in due time,” he added.

“We have received reports that the US planes visit the ISIL(-controlled) airports,” Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said.

“The US shouldn’t supply weapons and money to ISIL and then apologizes and says that it has done a mistake”, he added.

Considering Turkey’s crucial role in NATO’s five-year-long genocidal covert war on Syria, it truly beggars belief that only five weeks before the launch of this war in March 2011, Turkey’s then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (now President) was still fully engaged in ensnaring Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad with an utterly treacherous “friendship” discourse.

In fact, 4 months after a foundation stone laying ceremony of a “friendship dam” held at the border between Turkey’s Hatay province and Syria’s Idlib province; the same border area was used by NATO’s mercenary-terrorists to perpetrate their first large-scale massacre in Syria…

According to an Interior Ministry statement published by the state-run SPA news agency on Sunday, Saudi nationals and foreigners living in the kingdom will face “severe penalties” if they sympathize with, financially support, or harbor any of the group’s members.

“Any citizen or resident who supports, shows membership in the so-called Hezbollah, sympathizes with it or promotes it, makes donations to it or communicates with it or harbors anyone belonging to it will be subject to the stiff punishments provided by the rules and orders, including the terrorism crimes and its financing,” read the statement, adding that expatriates would also be deported.

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